Birthday upgrade - what to replace?

linkin

linkin

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Well, my birthday is coming up and I'm thinking on what to upgrade. This is what i'm thinking of:

-Monitor. 1280x1024 is getting old, fast. 1680x1050 or 1920x1080?

-Hard drive. Loud and "grindy". Possibly failing. getting a bit small on storage space. no bad sectors or corrupted files. has frozen me a few times, possibly caused bluescreens

-Power supply. The one I have isn't exactly the best. Not modular or sleeved. rebranded HEC model...

I can probably choose 2 items, minus the monitor unless i can find a cheap used one. Power supplies are expensive in australia as well.
 
linkin said:
Well, my birthday is coming up and I'm thinking on what to upgrade. This is what i'm thinking of:

-Monitor. 1280x1024 is getting old, fast. 1680x1050 or 1920x1080?

-Hard drive. Loud and "grindy". Possibly failing. getting a bit small on storage space. no bad sectors or corrupted files. has frozen me a few times, possibly caused bluescreens

-Power supply. The one I have isn't exactly the best. Not modular or sleeved. rebranded HEC model...

I can probably choose 2 items, minus the monitor unless i can find a cheap used one. Power supplies are expensive in australia as well.
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I'd probably get a cheap 19" LG/Acer monitor from MSY, it makes so much difference. If you have enough money then get a HDD followed by a PSU down the track.


- Jeremy
 
I'd say HDD as well. That new monitor, or PSU isn't going to do you much good, if your HDD does fail on you. Also maybe you can get 2 HDD's and put them in raid 0.
 
Monitor....greatest upgrade I have made in a while. I even got it for $100 but its a refurb. No issues 1 year later though.
 
try to find a cheap monitor and a hard drive because a monitor is the most obvious upgrade but a stable system is always best try a used monitor i got my 20inch flat screen for 20 bucks
 
Thanks everyone :) Instead of getting a new PSU I'll just tear apart my system and do some better cable management :)

HDD first, then monitor. :D
 
Id get the monitor first,Then sell your old one and whatever you get from that put towards a new HDD.

Dont know what HDD prices are like in Aussie land,But here theyre cheaper than ever,Eg...Seagate 1TB 32mb cache for only £49.33..not ba at all!
 
I have a new HDD, courtesy of work experience :) Just need to clone my old one. New monitor, then powersupply (although i just redid the cable management tonight)
 
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